Enoch Pratt Free Library Podcast

 Tavis Smiley talks about his new book, Accountable: Making America As Good As Its Promise."Our mission is to equip citizens with the appropriate tools to assess the performance of our elected leaders and ourselves," writes Tavis Smiley. In his new book, Accountable, Smiley revisits each of the 10 covenants from The Covenant of Black America and provides riveting narratives from everyday American citizens.Experience this "town-hall" style meeting on how we -- as individuals and as a community -- can implement solutions to the top 10 issues of greatest concern to all Americans.This program was sponsored by United Health Care. Recorded On: Thursday, March 5, 2009

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed  Dr. Anne Bailowitz, pediatrician and Director of Immunization at the Baltimore City Health Department about vaccines and immunizations in adults and children.Recorded On: Thursday, July 24, 2008

Children's Programming Specialist Betsy Diamante-Cohen interviews Andrea Pyatt-Johnson, Coordinator Reach Out and Read of Greater Baltimore Baltimore City.  The interview is about tips on reading to your child.

 From 1917 to 1920 the Woman's Land Army (WLA) brought thousands of city workers, society women, artists, business professionals and college students into rural America to take over the farm work after men were called to wartime service. Wearing military-style uniforms, the women lived in communal camps and did what was considered men's work -- plowing fields, driving tractors, planting and harvesting crops.Elaine Weiss, a Baltimore-based journalist, tells the story of the women who kept the farms going while the soldiers were "over there."Recorded On: Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian, asks Frank McNeil, Community Development, PNC Bank about predatory lending.Recorded On: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian, asks Anne Marie Butterhoff, Branch Manager PNC Bank about checking accounts.Recorded On: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian, asks Michelle Hernandez Branch Manager PNC Bank about kids and finance.Recorded On: Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Since 1987 Nancy Pelosi has represented California's 8th District, which includes most of the city of San Francisco, in the House of Representatives. Elected by her colleagues in 2002 as Democratic Leader of the House of Representatives, Pelosi is the first woman to lead a major party in Congress and, as of 2007, the first woman to serve as Speaker of the House of Representatives.Know Your Power: A Message to America's Daughters is her memoir of growing up in Baltimore immersed in politics and how she came to hold the highest office of any woman in U.S. history.Recorded On: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian asks Richard Hunt, Division Head of Business Banking at Provident Bank about financing issues people in small businesses face.

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian asks Rahn V. Barnes, Vice President and Community Development Director at Provident Bank, some questions about mortgage issues.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, talked with Corporal William Griffin, Safety Awareness Officer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on June 24th about keeping children safe from poisons in their homes.

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, talked with Corporal William Griffin, Safety Awareness Officer at the University of Maryland, Baltimore on June 24th for his top five personal safety tips.

 Author P. M. Forni talks about his new book, The Civility Solution: What to Do When People Are Rude.Many of us find ourselves confronted with rudeness every day and don't know how to respond. In The Civility Solution, P.M. Forni shows us what to do when we encounter bad behavior, such as the intrusive cell-phone uuser or the hostile highway driver. This simple and practical handbook will help you break the rudeness cycle in an assertive yet civil way.Dr. P.M. Forni is an award-winning professor of Italian Literature at Johns Hopkins University. In 2000 he founded The Civility Initiative at Johns Hopkins and has continued to teach courses on the theory and history of manners. He is the author of Choosing Civility.Recorded On: Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robert Burke, Fire Marshal at the University of Maryland, Baltimore about carbon monoxide.Recorded On: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Kate Niemczyk, a librarian in the Business, Science, and Technology Department, interviewed Robert Burke, Fire Marshal at the University of Maryland, Baltimore about fire safety and protection.Recorded On: Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian asks Rahn V. Barnes, Vice President and Community Development Director at Provident Bank, some questions about money management.

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian asks Rahn V. Barnes, Vice President and Community Development Director at Provident Bank, some questions about money management.

Naomi Hafter, the Pratt Library's Business Information Librarian asks Rahn V. Barnes, Vice President and Community Development Director at Provident Bank, some questions about money management.

Michael Olesker, long-time Baltimore newsman, author, and former WJZ commentator, explores the general decline of local TV broadcast news in Tonight at Six: A Daily Show Masquerading as Local TV News. Michael Olesker, long-time Baltimore newsman, author, and former WJZ commentator, explores the general decline of local TV broadcast news in Tonight at Six: A Daily Show Masquerading as Local TV News.Recorded On: Saturday, April 19, 2008

 Actor Hill Harper talks about his new book, Letters to a Young Sister: DeFINE Your Destiny.In this follow-up to his national bestseller, Letters to a Young Brother, actor Hill Harper opens up an honest dialogue with young women, offering guidance, advice and reassurance. Like a candid older brother, Harper delivers straight talk about the important and sensitive issues young women face.Recorded On: Wednesday, June 18, 2008